Saint Charlie

They could do, but look how Bologna have acted - they are hard to do a deal with and with the third party stuff too its a complicated deal - if Spurs wanted to get it one by next Friday they would have to get on with it.

If Saints won't pay all the money up front I can't see anyone suddenly doing it at the last minute. Reckon we have played this about right...

Allardyce is a moron but the Owners are worse.

West Ham and QPR are stupid. They don't seem to have nay kind of transfer policy apart from pick up some fairly average players for expensive fees. Jarvis is ok for 6m or so, but he has 1 England cap in an era where they hand them out like confetti and is not a 10m player.

Does sound more hopeful for us now.

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Should be class. Two key team decisions are on Lambert and Davis. For me Lambert has to play. I would put Guly on the bench and insert Lambert up front. Re Davis it would be harsh to leave JWP out but ultimately Davis is a proven player and if fit will start IMO with JWP on the bench to make an impact later on. Moses missing for them is a big blow (assume he definitely won't play?) and if Maloney was out too then that would be another boost. We will have to get used to teams coming to St Marys and having more of the ball than anyone in the Championship and L1 did, and Wigan do pass the ball nicely. Expect their new striker Kone will start.

He is a really good player so would be a great signing for Norwich - not really a position we need to prioritise to strengthen but we would have improved our team.

As a second CB buy this guy might be interesting. Hoping for a more prominent one too.

Yes to ADP but only if we have secured the real targets that will make a difference week in week out ie Ramirez, Phillips, CB. As a bonus then it's a no brainer but as a serious idea as a player I'm unsure.

Ah yeah, strange someone mentioned that as haven't seen any link for a few weeks. Wigan now accepted 9m for Moses -SSN

Good news for us, SSN saying Wigan have now accepted a 9m bid for Moses, most likely won't play on Sat now...

Also from listening to Adkins press conference it sounded like they said we had been linked with a player in the Japanese press, anyone else here that?

Yep - that's his normal face rather than any indication!

On SSN? He hasn't tweeted anything about it?

According to whom?

Didn't think there was anything overly bad in the blog, but Blackmore knows what NC is like, and we didn't need stuff like that written, most speculative, before we have even kicked a ball in the Prem...

So he pretty much said there was a Private Jet waiting to take him to Southampton and then he gave that interview which angered Bologna. He said Bologna are tough negotiators but they need money and its a lot of money that is on the table and at some point they will probably soften their stance...

Quick summary?

In that case Im sure the deal will happen!

Depends how much you rate the player and whether you have the money.

Quite a lot? We might have a bit of money but you don't suddenly decide "Oh do you know what, I will chuck another 4m at this" - Its a lot of money. Yes - if we want him we know their terms and there is still a week to go so anything could happen or it might well be dead.

Its only a link and he said he probably doesn't believe it anyway. Will be interesting to hear what NA says today. He obviously won't give specifics but you can usually tell from his demeanour when talking about transfers whether he is pleased with progress....

No good. Hopefully not true.

Haha - he is though! Well from the You Tube clips that show that Steve De Ridder is exactly the same.